2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship

The 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was the first edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. It began at Hockenheim on 28 April, and finished on 21 October at the same venue after ten meetings, held jointly with the Formula 3 Euro Series and the British Formula Three Championship.

2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship

Drivers' Champion: Daniel Juncadella

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Prize tests

The top drivers in the final championship standings will be rewarded with a wide range of prize tests in various other racing categories. The top three drivers will receive a two-day test in a Formula Two car. As well as that, the champion will receive a Formula One test with Scuderia Ferrari, and the runner-up will receive a Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters test.^[1]

Drivers and teams

• Numbers used at Euro Series events listed; numbers used at races run to British Formula Three Championship regulations displayed in tooltips.

Team	Chassis[N 1]	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Prema Powerteam[3]	F312/005	Mercedes-Benz	1	Daniel Juncadella[4]	All
	F312/014		2	Sven Müller[5]	All
	F312/015		14	Michael Lewis[6]	All
	F312/030		15	Raffaele Marciello[7]	All
Mücke Motorsport[3]	F312/020	Mercedes-Benz	5	Felix Rosenqvist[8]	All
	F312/023		6	Pascal Wehrlein[8]	All
Jo Zeller Racing[3]	F312/044	Mercedes-Benz	8	Andrea Roda[9]	All
URD Rennsport[3]	F312/011	Mercedes-Benz	9	Lucas Wolf[10]	1, 3–10
GU-Racing[3]	F312/019	Mercedes-Benz	10	Philip Ellis[11]	1, 4–5
Carlin[12]	F312/040	Volkswagen	11	William Buller[12]	1, 3–5, 7–10
	F312/004		12	Carlos Sainz Jr.[12]	All
ma-con Motorsport[13]	F312/045	Volkswagen	16	Tom Blomqvist[14]	All
	F312/046		17	Emil Bernstorff[13]	All
Angola Racing Team	F312/039	Mercedes-Benz	23	Luís Sá Silva[15]	1, 3–10
Entries ineligible for championship points
Jo Zeller Racing[3]	F308/044	Mercedes-Benz	7	Sandro Zeller[9]	All
Carlin	F312/010	Volkswagen	30	Harry Tincknell[14]	2–3, 5–6
	F312/002		34	Jazeman Jaafar[14]	2–7
	F312/001		39	Jack Harvey[14]	2, 5–6
	F312/016		40	Pietro Fantin[14]	2, 5–6
	F312/016		44	Felipe Nasr	10
	F312/040		71	Richard Bradley	6
Fortec Motorsports[16]	F312/002	Mercedes-Benz	31	Hannes van Asseldonk[16]	1–2, 5–6
	F312/007		32	Félix Serrallés[16]	1–2, 5–6, 10
	F312/036		33	Alex Lynn[16]	1–2, 5–6, 10
	F312/0003		38	Pipo Derani[14]	2, 5–6, 10
Double R Racing	F312/043	Mercedes-Benz	35	Geoff Uhrhane[14]	2–3, 5–6
	F312/009		36	Fahmi Ilyas[14]	2–3, 5–6
	F308/054	Mugen-Honda	37	Duvashen Padayachee[14]	2, 5–6
ThreeBond with T-Sport	F312/008	ThreeBond Nissan	41	Nick McBride[14]	2, 5–6
	F308/025	Mugen-Honda	42	Spike Goddard[14]	2, 5–7
	F312/008	ThreeBond Nissan	43	Alexander Sims[17]	7
	F311	Mugen-Honda	44	Pedro Pablo Calbimonte	6
CF Racing	F311	Mugen-Honda	43	Adderly Fong[18]	6
Van Amersfoort Racing	F312/051	Volkswagen	50	Lucas Auer	10
	F312/052		51	Dennis van de Laar	10

Race calendar and results

A ten-round calendar was announced on 15 March 2012; made up of seven rounds at Formula 3 Euro Series events, two British Formula 3 events at Pau and Spa-Francorchamps,^[1] with the Norisring round being run as a championship round in both series.^[19]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Hockenheimring	28 April	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
	R2		29 April	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
2	R1	Pau Circuit	12 May	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R2		13 May	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
3	R1	Brands Hatch	19 May	Daniel Juncadella	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R2		20 May	Daniel Juncadella	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
4	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	2 June	William Buller	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R2		3 June	Felix Rosenqvist	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
5	R1	Norisring	30 June	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	No winner[N 2]
	R2		1 July	Pascal Wehrlein	Hannes van Asseldonk	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	27 July	Félix Serrallés	Félix Serrallés	Félix Serrallés	Fortec Motorsports
	R2		28 July	Félix Serrallés	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlin
7	R1	Nürburgring	18 August	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
	R2		19 August	Daniel Juncadella	Alexander Sims	Pascal Wehrlein	Mücke Motorsport
8	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	25 August	Sven Müller	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport
	R2		26 August	Sven Müller	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
9	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	29 September	Raffaele Marciello	Daniel Juncadella	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R2		30 September	Daniel Juncadella	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport
10	R1	Hockenheimring	20 October	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport
	R2		21 October	Felix Rosenqvist	Pascal Wehrlein	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport

Notes

1. All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.^[2]
2. Daniel Juncadella was disqualified from the first Norisring race after collisions with Pascal Wehrlein and Raffaele Marciello. The officials chose not to recognise any driver as having finished in first place.^[20]

Championship standings

The second race at the Norisring was red-flagged after half the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers only awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.^[21]

Pos Driver HOC PAU BRH RBR NOR SPA NÜR ZAN VAL HOC Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Daniel Juncadella 1 1 Ret 4 2 8 7 1 DSQ 2 2 8 1 DSQ 6 1 2 2 13 4 252 2 Raffaele Marciello 6 17 1 1 1 1 1 8 22[lower-alpha 1] 1 11 14 6 Ret 4 Ret 1 3 3 8 228.5 3 Felix Rosenqvist 3 3 4 6 7 Ret 9 11 6 14 9 Ret 4 Ret 1 4 13 1 1 1 192 4 Pascal Wehrlein Ret 8 Ret 9 5 5 2 4 7 Ret 14 12 3 1 7 3 5 4 2 2 179 5 Carlos Sainz Jr. 2 2 6 2 4 4 16[lower-alpha 1] 5 Ret 19 3 1 7 10 11 5 Ret 6 Ret 11 161 6 William Buller 4 6 15 2 8 2 2 18 10 2 8 2 6 9 6 Ret 137 7 Tom Blomqvist 7 11 13 21 10 7 5 7 10 7 10 2 9 5 5 Ret 3 5 4 7 117 8 Sven Müller 15 5 12 10 6 10 4 3 9 11 12 Ret 2 Ret 2 Ret 7 13 5 6 109 9 Michael Lewis 9 Ret 10 11 3 3 6 6 Ret 8 7 5 15 6 3 Ret 8 8 9 10 101 10 Emil Bernstorff 11 12 Ret 13 11 9 11 14 3 4 17 10 11 4 9 6 4 7 11 9 66 11 Lucas Wolf 8 15 Ret 13 13 12 Ret 22 20 13 12 8 10 7 11 12 8 15 19 12 Andrea Roda Ret 14 19 Ret 14 11 10 Ret 16 13 19 16 13 Ret 13 8 9 10 12 13 8 13 Luís Sá Silva 13 13 DNS DNS 12 Ret 15 16 26 20 14 7 14[lower-alpha 1] Ret 10 14 Ret 12 7 14 Philip Ellis 14 16 14 13 Ret Ret 0 Drivers ineligible for points. Félix Serrallés Ret 9 8 19 5 3 1 3 16[lower-alpha 1] 5 0 Jazeman Jaafar 2 3 8 Ret 3 10 18 Ret 5 4 5 3 0 Alex Lynn 10 4 3 7 19 9 6 5 Ret 3 0 Jack Harvey 5 8 14 Ret 4 6 0 Pietro Fantin 14 12 4 6 16 19 0 Hannes van Asseldonk 5 7 11 Ret 20 5 23 18 0 Pipo Derani Ret 5 Ret 21 8 7 10 Ret 0 Harry Tincknell 7 Ret Ret 6 8 10 13 9 0 Lucas Auer 7 Ret 0 Alexander Sims 8 12 0 Sandro Zeller 12 10 18 16 13 14 15 9 11 23 22 25 16 9 12 9 13 11 15 14 0 Fahmi Ilyas 9 15 9 15[lower-alpha 1] Ret 12 21 21 0 Spike Goddard 17 20 17 17 28 24 17 11 0 Geoff Uhrhane 16 18 12 12 12 Ret 15 Ret 0 Nick McBride 15 14 13 15 18 15 0 Dennis van de Laar 14 16 0 Duvashen Padayachee DNS 17 21 20 25 24 0 Adderly Fong 27 17 0 Richard Bradley 21 Ret 0 Pedro Pablo Calbimonte 29 22 0 Felipe Nasr Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts HOC PAU BRH RBR NOR SPA NÜR ZAN VAL HOC

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

1. Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Notes

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